Name: Bending Blades cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Manzanilla sherry; 7.5 ml Gentian liqueur; 22.5 ml Pamplemousse liqueur; 10 ml Chilled water

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Blanco tequila

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Giffard Pamplemousse liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Bending Blades cocktail contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.96% alc./vol. (39.92° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Manzanilla sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 20w

A beautifully balanced and complex Old Fashioned. We were a bit surprised that the recipe didn't include bitters (apart from the Gentian) so we added a dash of grapefruit bitters.

John Morris 1y

Made this with mijenta tequila and my last dribble of suze saveur d’autrefois. Added a bit of grapefruit and chamomile bitters and a couple of drops of saline. Couldn’t be happier. Bitter and sweet and surprisingly full mouthfeel - presumably from the grapefruit liqueur. Banging.

Frederic D. Premium Member 2y

I absolutely loved this drink. Made with Olmeca Altos Plata and Fino sherry, because I don't use enough sherry to justify keeping two bottles open concurrently. This was a great drink regardless, with a distinct evolution from bitter grapefruit to herbal tequila to sherry salinity. It's complex and well balanced and overall delightful.

Steve Erwood-Heijselaar 4y

Interesting comment about cutting back the Suze, Simon. The first time I tried this cocktail, I was unfamiliar with gentian and found it quite a challenging taste. Here I am, another spring, another Bending Blades... and now I can't imagine it without that Suzean slap. So I'm definitely sticking to the original 15ml, but I hope others will try it either way and add another favourite cocktail to their cabinets!